Setup Alpine Linux
From my previous post on how to setup Alpine Linux with UTM virtual machine. Now this post on how to setup Alpine Linux.
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Start setup by setup-alpine then choose the desired machine name at hostname.
- Setup root account password.
- Setup timezone. I’m in Asia, Singapore.
- I don’t need proxy.
- Default NTP
busybox. - Random APK mirror.
- Not recommended to use
rootfor everything. Best to create an account. - Don’t need SSH key.
- Default SSH server
openssh. - Use
vdadisk. - Use the disk as
sys. - Erase the disk
y.
Shutdown using poweroff .
Click [Clear] to remove ISO then [Save].
Now start the VM.









